Stream of electrical problems
Mike K
Accord '98 EX V6, 93k miles - never any problems whatsover until...
Driving down highway electrical systems started to go
first the radio
then flickering indicator lights
I decided to try and take it to a honda dealer that was nearby, as
electrical systems continued to fail
gauges all went to 0
Automatic transmission stopped shifting
blinkers and hazards stopped working
finally the engine died
After towing to the dealer they replace the alternator (which is what
I figured) and battery (being 5 years old I wasn't *too* upset). Get
the car, drive home, on the highway (about hour drive) the car
"hesitated" once but seemed ok...
Next day, started driving, the car stalled. Restarted it... drove
about 1/2 a mile and it stalled again... became difficult to start...
continued to stall, the interval of "drive time" decreasing, and the
starting becoming more difficult. Decided to again try and get to the
dealer... stalled... finally another tow to the dealer...
Did some internet research and found the recall on the ignition
switch with the symptoms being very similar to what I was
expieriencing... called the dealer to tell them to replace the
ignition switch and was told "we already did that and it didn't fix
the problem", a day later I was told the ignition coil is bad. I've
read that ignition coils don't usually go bad (not that it doesn't
happen but that they're fairly reliable). The symptoms I've read for a
bad ignition coil don't seem to map to the problems I was
expeiriencing.
Now I'm about a week and a half into this saga waiting for a new
ignition coil (which looks like it may take another week) and I know
these events can't possibly be isolated. Anyone have an idea of what
the sequence of events could have been? If this was all caused by the
faulty ignition switch I'm tempted to write to Honda to ask for
reimbursement for all of these repairs/tows...
Anyway just curious, thanks in advance.
-MikeK
Pete
Sounds like the ECU died.
Pete
A Chan
why would the car do a Columbia?
"Pete" <escape...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Curly Q. Links
It sounds like you planted a plausible (but wrong) idea in their heads,
and the flashing of the $$$ signs blinded them to the fact that it is
your ignition switch all along.
I wouldn't believe them that they changed it, if they 'forgot' to tell
you that they changed it. An arcing ignition switch could 'scramble' the
ECU, but disconnecting the battery for a minute would clear that if it's
not damaged.
I'd suggest you need to have a third party prove whether the ignition
switch has been changed, and maybe get your car out of the hands of
those guys. :-(
P.S. Ignition coil sounds like a poor 'guess' to me too, but there are
much more qualified 'guessers' on this group.
'Curly'
--
_ When everyone else has finished playing, you should not play any notes
you have left over. -
Lindsay Thachuk
"'Curly Q. Links'" <mot...@interbaun.com> wrote:
I agree with Curly, as one of the people to 'advertise' the faulty
ignition swithes (www.visualimpressions.ca/switch), I am still getting
people write me with horror stories now 9 months after the recall
started.
One person bought a Certified Checked Used Honda from a Honda Dealer
to find out the dealer had not done the recall on the vehicle.
Honda and their dealers are still not properly advising the community
of this potentially deadly problem. I would demand a new switch in
case the so called replacement was not installed properly.
> Mike,
> It sounds like you planted a plausible (but wrong) idea in their heads,
> and the flashing of the $$$ signs blinded them to the fact that it is
> your ignition switch all along.
>
> I wouldn't believe them that they changed it, if they 'forgot' to tell
> you that they changed it. An arcing ignition switch could 'scramble' the
> ECU, but disconnecting the battery for a minute would clear that if it's
> not damaged.
--
Lindsay Thachuk
in Western Canada with the World's best computer
the Acorn Risc PC - the only StrongARM Desktop in ARMStrong
running a reliable, efficient, and stable OS.
Terry
I would suspect the ignition switch.
My mother in laws and 2 people at work had Honda
ignition switchs fail. They all had a "bunch" of keys,
and the weight just wore the switch out. Symptons match
your discription.
Good luck
Terry